Dimensions: 73.3 x 54.5 cm
signed and dated p.d.: 'J. Tarasin 79'
signed, dated and described on the reverse: 'JAN TARASIN | 1979 | "FRAGMENT"'
Origin:
private collection, Poland
Biography
In 1951, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in the studio of Professor Zbigniew Pronaszko in painting. As a student, he debuted at the First Exhibition of Modern Art in Cracow in 1948-49. Since 1962, he has been a member of the Cracow Group. In 1974, he began teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and was rector of the academy from 1987-90. In 1984 he received the Jan Cybis Award. In 1995 there was a monographic exhibition of the artist's works at the Warsaw Zachęta Gallery.